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Desert Elm Tree


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Desert Elm Tree. An excellent shade tree for a small landscape (and large landscapes, too!) It is semi deciduous, losing its leaves in late december in the southwest desert, but retaining its foliage in milder climates.

Drake Elm Shade trees, Chinese elm tree, Desert landscaping
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It is native to central asia, eastern siberian, the russian far east, mongolia, tibet, northern china, india and korea. They are highly drought tolerant once established (though it will grow. It is semi deciduous, losing its leaves in late december in the southwest desert, but retaining its foliage in milder climates.

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Drake Elm Shade trees, Chinese elm tree, Desert landscaping

While not, strictly speaking, a desert native, evergreen (or chinese) elm, ulmus parvifolia, has been a part of western and southwestern. Evergreen elms are not plagued by pests or diseases, but are prone to a significant disease in the desert called root rot. It is semi deciduous, losing its leaves in late december in the southwest desert, but retaining its foliage in milder climates. They need deep, infrequent irrigation, but will tolerate additional watering in turf areas.

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